From: Glenn Shaw (milspectruck@verizon.net)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 10:52:34 PDT
I knew the guy was a jerkoff the minute he gave the address of the US
White House as his home address. See:
He needs to get a life.
Glenn
MVPA
MTANJ
Lee Houde wrote:
> Even more interesting - when I did an address search for 800 N.
> Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, a total of 170 names and telephone numbers
> popped up for that address, none of which were "Matthew Barry" or
> "Dimitru Bogdan"! A college dorm, perhaps?
>
> Sarge wrote:
>
> List,
> Mandatory MV content: this e-mail is about a scam directly targeted at
> MV owners. Anyhoo, here is the continuing saga of the MAN truck scam
> on E-Bay. After a LOT of research, I have a couple of leads on the
> scammer. His real name is, of course, not Matthew Barry. It is most
> likely Dimitru Bogdan, or at least, that's the ID that he carries. He
> is a Romanian immigrant living in Chicago. He did not attend high
> school in the US. He will ship the truck to my home address:
>
> John Fickdich
> 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
> Washington D.C. 20500
>
> The $5,000 will cover the cost of the truck and also the shipping and
> insurance. He hangs out in a copy shop in a large mall in Chicago on
> the 'Magnificent
> Mile'. 800 N Michigan Ave. He picks up the faxed receipt of the
> moneygram in the copy shop, goes to the nearest moneygram office and
> cashes it. On a tangent, another list member has been in contact with
> him. He (fake Matthew Barry) told the other list member that he was on
> vacation in Greece with his family and he even supplied a contact
> telephone number in Greece. I called the number in Greece and spoke to
> Matthew. For someone with a name of Matthew Barry, he sure sounded
> Greek to me. Well, Matthew told me to send the $5,000 to a bank in
> Florida. He will e-mail me with the details. Okay Matthew, please
> hurry, I want that truck! So, List, that's as far as I got. Now I need
> your help. There are 27 Bogdan's listed in the white pages for
> Chicago, none of them
> are called Dimitru. The FAX number 1-877-471-1355 is his pick up
> point. Anybody on the list know how to get the name and address of
> that copy shop where the FAX machine is located? Anybody know how to
> locate Dimitru Bogdan living in Chicago? As always, any and all help
> is appreciated,
> -Sarge
>
> P.S. To all of you who doubt that this story is true, do us all a
> favor and don't e-mail me or the list with your doubts.
>
>
>
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